Marc Bannerman's girlfriend fled their home yesterday with all her belongings.

Sarah Matravers, 33, - humiliated by the jungle rat's declaration of love for I'm a Celeb contestant Cerys Matthews - left it in little doubt she was starting a new life.

A witness in North London said: "Sarah came out with a burly man who looked like he could be a bodyguard. Then a number of guys starting taking stuff out of the house.

"Items included a chimney pot, ironing board and boxes with Sarah's photos and work videos in them.

"It looked like the house will be pretty empty after everything got loaded up."

Her very public exit from her long-term lover came as two-timer Bannerman, 34, amazingly SNUBBED Cerys, 38.

Tv bosses said the jungle jilter had gone back on a promise to fly to Australia to be with the singer when she left the show.

Mixed-up Marc, the first to be voted out, left claiming he had fallen "hook, line and sinker" for Cerys. But yesterday show chiefs confirmed that Marc had said he wouldn't be back. Instead he is thought to be in hiding with author pal Martina Cole in Essex. A planned appearance on This Morning today has also been cancelled.

And even production members from I'm A Celebrity are struggling to get hold of him because his mobile phone has been constantly switched off.

A source at ITV said: "We had seats reserved on planes for him but he hasn't even returned our calls.

"He is going to record a video message for Cerys, but that is it.

"There are no planned TV appearances and he is not speaking to anyone. It's like he is in meltdown. He must be pretty mixed up after everything that has happened."

Meanwhile things also got hot yesterday for ousted chef John Burton Race after his estranged wife shut their Michelin-star restaurant. Kim Burton-Race, aged 42, told the 20 staff they had lost their jobs.

The couple are in the middle of a bitter £3.6million divorce and it is believed Kim wants the business sold as part of the settlement.

Chefs and waiters were stunned when Kim told them the £1.2million New Angel in Dartmouth, Devon, would serve its last meals on Sunday.

One sacked worker said: "The last service was Sunday and after lunchtime we were told to clear out the fridges and throw away stock.

"John will be fuming. The restaurant is everything to him."

Burton Race, 50, became the fourth contestant evicted from I'm a Celebrity at the weekend after two weeks on the show.

The couple, who have two children together, have been married 10 years. Burton Race left his wife and kids in March to live with his mistress and their three-year-old son.